Why a network of networks.

Boston has no shortage of Latino talent. It has ERGs at the biggest companies in the city, professional associations, student groups at every university, founder communities, and community organizations that have been doing this work for decades.

What it doesn't have is a way for all of them to work together.

Most of these groups run on volunteers. Each one hosts its own events, finds its own sponsors, and builds its own list. The work is real, but it happens in parallel. A founder in one group rarely meets the investor in another. A student group rarely hears about the panel happening across the river.

That's the gap we want to close. Latinos in Tech Collective is not another group asking you to join. It's the connective tissue between the groups that already exist.

Why it matters now

The ¡Vamos Massachusetts! report found that Latino residents drove $30 billion of the state's economic growth from 2014 to 2023. That's about a quarter of the state's growth, from 13.5 percent of the population. The report also pointed to gaps in income, homeownership, and access to capital.

We read that as both proof and a challenge. The talent and the economic power are already here. Ownership hasn't caught up.

What comes next

We're starting simple. Map the groups. Bring them together. Share what each one is doing so every member can reach all of them. Run sessions on how money turns into ownership.

Once enough of us are connected, we can do things no single group can do alone. Pool knowledge. Pool capital. Invest in Latino founders and build wealth that stays in our communities.

If you lead a group, we'd love to talk. Bring your group in.

Data from ¡Vamos Massachusetts!, by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation with We Are ALX and the Mauricio Gastón Institute, 2025. Covers 2014 to 2023.